Bathgate and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main|name=Bathgate and Linlithgow|parliament=uk|image={{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Bathgate and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}|caption=Interactive map of boundaries from 2024|map_entity=Scotland|map_year=2024|year=2024|abolished=|type=County|previous=Linlithgow and East Falkirk & Livingston|next=|electorate=71,650 (March 2020){{cite web |title=2023 review final recs news release |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/2023_review_final_recs_news_release.pdf |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland}}|mp=Kirsteen Sullivan|party=Labour|region=Scotland|county=West Lothian and Falkirk|european=|elects_howmany=One|towns=Bathgate, Linlithgow, Whitburn, Winchburgh|image2=258px|caption2=Boundary of Bathgate and Linlithgow in Scotland}}Bathgate and Linlithgow is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.{{Cite web |title=28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament {{!}} The Boundary Commission for Scotland |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/?q=resources/news/28-june-2023-2023-review-report-laid-parliament |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk}} Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was won by Kirsteen Sullivan of the Labour Party.

The constituency name refers to the West Lothian towns of Bathgate and Linlithgow.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following:[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/reviews/2023-review-uk-parliament-constituencies 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies] Boundary Commission for Scotland{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 3}}

In full: the Falkirk Council ward of Bo'ness and Blackness; and the West Lothian Council wards of Armadale and Blackridge, Bathgate, Linlithgow, and Whitburn and Blackburn
In part: the West Lothian council ward of Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh (the village of Winchburgh).

The vast majority of the constituency comes from the abolished constituency of Linlithgow and East Falkirk, with small areas being transferred from Livingston.{{Cite web |last=Sommerville |first=Stuart |date=2022-12-07 |title=West Lothian constituency changes back council plea for historic links |url=https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/west-lothian-constituency-changes-back-25696492 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=EdinburghLive |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Bathgate and Linlithgow |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Bathgate%20and%20Linlithgow |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}

Members of Parliament

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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 2024

| Kirsteen Sullivan

| Labour

Election results

= Elections in the 2020s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Bathgate and Linlithgow{{cite news |title=Bathgate and Linlithgow results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000068 }}{{cite web |title=Bathgate and Linlithgow Constituency Results |url=https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/geelectionresults |website=West Lothian Council |access-date=9 July 2024}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour and Co-operative|candidate=Kirsteen Sullivan |votes=19,774|percentage=47.0|change=+28.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish National Party|candidate=Martyn Day|votes=11,451|percentage=27.2|change=−15.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Jamie McNamee|votes=3,524|percentage=8.4|change=+6.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Conservatives|candidate=Lynn Munro|votes=3,144|percentage=7.5|change=−17.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Liberal Democrats|candidate=Sally Pattle|votes=2,171|percentage=5.2|change=−3.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Greens|candidate=Simon Jay|votes=1,390|percentage=3.3|change=+1.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independence for Scotland Party|candidate=John Hannah|votes=382|percentage=0.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Stuart James McArthur|votes=229|percentage=0.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=42,065|percentage=58.3|change=−7.6}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour and Co-operative

|loser = Scottish National Party

|swing = +12.4

}}

= Elections in the 2010s =

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colspan="4" \| 2019 notional result {{efn\|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web \|date= \|title=Bathgate and Linlithgow notional election - December 2019 \|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1988 \|access-date=11 July 2024 \|work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News \|publisher=UK Parliament}}
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Scottish National Party}}" \| \|SNP \|align=right\|20,306 \|align=right\|43.0
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Scottish Conservatives}}" \| \|Conservative \|align=right\|11,635 \|align=right\|24.6
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Scottish Labour}}" \| \|Labour \|align=right\|8,874 \|align=right\|18.8
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" \| \|Liberal Democrats \|align=right\|3,881 \|align=right\|8.2
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Scottish Greens}};" \| \|Scottish Greens \|align=right\|1,029 \|align=right\|2.2
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Reform UK}}" \| \|Brexit Party \|align=right\|904 \|align=right\|1.9
\|Other \|align=right\|588 \|align=right\|1.2
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"\|
colspan="2" \|Majority \|align=right\|8,671 \|18.4
colspan="2"\|Turnout \|align=right\|47,217 \|65.9
colspan="2"\|Electorate \|align=right\|71,650 \|

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colspan="4" | 2019 notional result {{efn|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web |date= |title=Bathgate and Linlithgow notional election - December 2019 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1988 |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}}

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|SNP

|align=right|20,306

|align=right|43.0

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" |

|Conservative

|align=right|11,635

|align=right|24.6

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}" |